Species Venatrix furcillata (L. Koch, 1867)

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Species Venatrix furcillata (L. Koch, 1867)

Lycosa furcillata Koch, L. 1867. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 173-250 [201-202].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown immature (?), Brisbane
Comment: designations of lectotype and paralectotypes by McKay (1974) and Framenau & Vink (2001) are invalid, because original specimen was a holotype, not syntype (Framenau, 2006).
Secondary source:
Framenau, V.W. 2006. The wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer: new species, synonymies and generic transfers (Araneae, Lycosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(2): 145-166 (clarification of type status and invalidation of subsequently designated non-type specimens).

Generic Combinations

Lycosa furcillata L. Koch, 1867. —
Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1877. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [903-906 pl 78 figs 1a-b, 2a-b] (provided supplementary description of adults)
Rack, V. 1961. Die entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg II. Chelicerata II: Araneae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 59: 1-60 [37] (mistakenly listed specimen from redescribed series as a syntype)
McKay, R.J. 1974. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 2. The arenaris group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 1-19 [15-18, figs 3c, d, k-m] (mistakenly designated lectotype and paralectotypes)
McKay, R.J. 1985. Araneomorphae. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service Vol. 3 183 pp. [77]
Venatrix furcillata (L. Koch, 1867). —
Framenau, V.W. & Vink, C.J. 2001. Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 927-970 [957-959 figs 36A-D, 37] (mistakenly listed lectotype and further paralectotypes; transfer to Venatrix)
Framenau, V.W. 2006. The wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer: new species, synonymies and generic transfers (Araneae, Lycosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(2): 145-166 [152] (clarified type and confirmed species identity)
Allocosa furcillata (L. Koch, 1867). —
Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [206]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Framenau (2006) adds Tasmania to the distribution, but does not provide details

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)